ASUU seeks freedom for Western Sahara Republic

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned Morocco’s continued colonisation of the Western Sahara Republic.

ASUU urged the United Nations General Assembly to ensure freedom to the Saharawi people.

ASUU, in a statement by the convener, International Conference on the decolonisation of Western Sahara, Dr Dipo Fashina in Ibadan, added that it was no longer conceivable for a fellow African nation to colonise another country for over 36 years.

Western Sahara is situated between Morocco to the North, Mauritania to the South and Algeria to the East . It is the only one in Africa on the United Nations’ list of the remaining 16 dependent territories in the world.

Dr Fashina said: “While the African Nations celebrate African Liberation Day, the existence of a colony in Africa, worse still by a fellow African nation, Morocco and its allies in Europe and America is condemnable. We are going to galvanise support for collective action at the regional and global levels for the speedy liberation of Western Sahara.”

He said colonial subjugation was historical anachronism that must be expunged from the world,adding that the legacies of Pan-africanists and African liberation fighters would strengthen the struggle against modern-day colonialism.